Change-making machine.



vJ. R. CONRAD. CHANGE MAKING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 23,1910,

Patented Aug. 29, 19,11.

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J. R. CNRAD. CHANGE MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2s, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

J. 11. CONRAD.

CHANGE MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23,1910.

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JOHN R. CONRAD, OF CANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK.

' CHANGE-MAKING MACHINE.

Application filed May 23,

To all whom itfinay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. Corman,

a citiren of the United States, and a resi-` ter with the ooin cylinder disposed above an opening-'in the partition on which the slide rests, so that when the opening in -the slide registers with the coin cylinder, the coins partition, and when the slide is moved relatively to the partition, the coins within theopening betweenv the upper and lower planes ofthe slide, will be moved withthe slide until the opening therein registers with the opening in the partition, when the coins will fall thro-righ the last-mentioned opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a chute in which the coin travels after becoming free from the plunger, there being mechanism by which the coin is held at rest in this chute until the machine is operated a second time, when the coin rst introduced is freed by the said mechanism.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a chute having a body, and flangesA parallel therewith and disposed thereunder, coins of a predetermined size being supported by the flanges which, however, permit smaller coins to fall therefrom. The outer end of thecoin chute is bent laterally so that when the coin is introduced, it is disposed at one side of the chute and when the coin is smaller than the coin for which the machine was designed, one of the edges of the coin will be unsupported and the coin will be permit-ted to fall from the chute.

Still other objects of the" invention will appear in the following complete'description.

ln this specification 1 will describe the preferred form of my invention, it being Specification of Letters Patent.

1910. Serial No.. 562,983.

understood that the Scope of the invention is delined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in all thev views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot the ma-- chine; Fig. Q is a sectional plan view taken above theV partition; Fig. ,3 is a. sectional plan view taken just below the partition; Fig. 4 is4 a sectional elevation of the machine; Fig. 5 is a View similar to that shown in Fig. 4, but showingthe coin to be changed when it is in position to tall through a slot in the artition; Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view otpthe machine taken on the plane of the top of the slide; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view on. the line 7--7 ot Fig. 4: and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view showing the is introduced.

By referring tothe drawings it willbe seen that the machine has a casing 10. `in which there isa horizontal partition 11. this partition having a circular opening 1Q therethrough. there being also. a slot 13 through thispartition. A. slide le rests on the partition 11, the slide 14 having a circular opening 15 therethrough which is adapted to register with the opening 12 in the partition. At each side of the slide 14 are members 16, which serve as guides for the slide. a cross member 17 resting on these members 1G. the cross member 17 being disposed across the slide and having an opening 1S therethrough in which is inserted the lower terminal of a coin cylinder 19. A transverse -member QOis secured to the side 210 the casing, the ends of themembers 16 abutting against one of the sides of this transverse member 20, the transverse member Q0 serv- ,ing as a stop for-the slide 14 to arrest its movement when the opening 15 of the slide registers with the opening 12 in the partition 11.

,A coin chute 22 is disposed through the casing at 23. the coin chute 29. being disposed obliquely toward a vertical coin chute Q4. The coin chute 22 extends a distance portion 25 of the coin chute. disposed outside of the casing, is turned laterally. The

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coin chute in which the coin to be changed4 outwardly beyond the casing 1() and this l introduced in the said recess 35.

portion 25 ot the coin chute has a lower member 26 extending from one side of the 4coin chute vto the other, the sides 27,015 the ,partition 11 and has an enlarged opening 31 through its wall,` disposed inthe direction of the slide 14, there being an orilice 32 in the opposite wall of the chtite 24, a plunger 33 being disposed in this orifice 32, the plunger 33 extending out through the casing through an orifice 34. ln the slide 14 there is a recess 35 disposed in the direction of the plunger 33, the inner terminal of the said plunger 33 being adapted to be The ends l of the slide 14, at cach side oit the recess 35,

are extended upwardly, as at 36, there. being a cross member or tiange 3T secured 'to these upright portions 3G, the cross member or flange 3'4" 'being disposed above the plane of the plunger 33, so that`the plunger 33' may be projected into the recess 35 'below the said cross member or Flange. A member 38 is secured to the plunger 33, there being a spring 39 disposed around the plunger 33 between the vertical coin chute 24 and the said member 38 Where it is secured to the plunger. The member 38 is bent in the direction of thel vertical coin chute 34 and it has a sleeve 40 which is disposed on a rod 41, the rod 41 having a head 49. which is adapted to engage the sleeve 40, the rod 41 projecting through an orifice 43 in the vertical coin chute, the said rod 41 being secured to the slide 14.

Below thepartition 11 there is a delivery chute 44, disposed downwardly froml the .rear of the front of the casing, there being an opening 45 in the front of the easing, affording communication between the delivery chute 44 and a cup 46, in which the change is delivered. The delivery chute 44 is disposed under the circular opening 12 in the partition 11, so that when coins fall therethrough, they will be caught by the delivery chute and will be conveyed to the cup 46. A coin chute 47-is secured to the under side of the partition 11,'the coin chute'4'1 being disposed under the slot 13 y and is disposed toward the front of the casin@- at .one side. The lower vertical end of this com chute 47 is secured to a coin 'chute 48, so that the coin to be changed, which is conveyed by the said coin chute 4T, it

dropped into the coin chute 48, this coin" chute 48 having an inner wall 49, a side of the easing and apiece of glass 50, disposed over an opening 51 in the casing, serving as the other side of the coin chute; rlhis coin chute 43 is disposed across the front of the machine and a coin traveling therein may be `seen from without the casing through the glass member 50.

A ulcrum member 52 is secured to the under side of the partition 11, the fulcruin member 52 projecting downwardly, a lever 53 being fulcrumed to the said tulerum member 52.` .The arm 54 oit the 'Fulcrum member projects across the inner wall 49 of the coin chute 48 and in the path ot the coin traveling in the said coin chute, so that when the arm'54 is downwardly disposed, it Vwill stop the com. A weight 55 is mounted on this arm 54, to keep the arm 54 normally downwardly-disposed. rl`he other arm 56 of the lever 53 has a lateral extension 5T, which projects through curved slots'S in the side walls of the delivery chute 44, a trip 5).being securedto this extension 57, the trip 59`being disposed in the delivery `chute 44 and normally out of contactl with the bottom 60 of the said delivery chute.

A member 61 is secured to the casing 10,

this lmember 61 having a circular opening 62 in which is disposed thc coin cylinder 19.

.There is an opening 63 in the top of the casing. through whichv the coin cylinder 19 extends, a door 64 being hinged to the top of the easing to close the top of the said coin cylinder 19. As best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the casing 10 has a door 65 tov-close an opening 66 therein, this door 65 having an opening 67 cut therein above the plane4 of ythe partition 11, members 68 being secured tothe inner side of. the .door 65 about the openin r 6T, and a glass member 69 being securet to the inner portions of the said members 68. The glass member 69 is disposed in close proximity to a side of the coin cylinder 19, so that any person desiring'to change a coin may, without having u lthe door opened, readily see if there yare lany coins in the coincylinder 19. A similar openino` 67 is made in the casing oposite the door 65,-there being similar memrs 68 secured about the opening 6T, the glass member 69 being secured to the inner `edges of the members 68. It will therefore be seen that anyone desiring to change a coin, may exa'mlne the coin cylinder trom.

either side of the casing, Without opening the door.

In using the invention, a coin is introduced in the outer terminal 25 of the coin chute QQ. .-\s this outer terminal Q5 is bent laterally, the coin, when it is introduced. will have one of its edges close 4against one side fof the coin chute and resting on one of the -tlanges 30. lf the coin is of the size which the coin chute is designed to convey, the coin will travel down the .Coin chute and drop through the vertical chute 24, but if the coin edges of the coin, the coin will not be supported and it will -allto the partition 11. Then a coin of a proper size falls to the partition 11 in the vertical coin chute 24, the coin will be in llinement with the opening 31 in the coin chute and -when the plunger 33 is pushed vinwardly by the button 70, the plunger will contact with the coin and the coin will Contact with the transverse inember or tlange 37. thereby pushing the slide 14 rearwardly7 until its opening 1.5 registers with the opening 12. As the slide 14 has been disposed with its opening 15 in alinementwith the opening in the coin cylinder 19, the small coins `71 in the coin cylinder have been supported by the partition 11 and a number of them have been disposed between the upper and lower planes of the slide 14. These coins', which have been .so disposed between the upper and lower planes of the slide 14, are pushed rearwardly when the-slide is operated in the` manner described, and these coins, when the Vopening 15 in the slide 14 registers with the opening 12, tall through the said opening 12 in the partition 1-1 and to the delivery chute 44. As the coins fall through the opening 12, they strike the trip 59 which opera-tes the lever 53 andlit'ts, momentarily, the arm 54 which is disposed across the top of the chute 4,8. The coins Vwhich have fallendnto the delivery chute 44 slide quickly down this chute` and into Athe cup 46. As the plunger 33 is released, the coin 72 which 'has traveled down the coin chutes 22 and 24 and which has been engaged by the plunger 33 is freed from the plunger and falls through the slot 13 and the slot 47, down which itslides, the coin falling into the coin chute '4S and being engaged by the arm 54 of the lever 53 which prevents its downward progress and holds it so that it may be observed by any person looking through the glass member 50 which forms a portion .of one of the walls of this coin chute 48. This coin is held in the coin chute 48 where it may be seen, until the machine is operated a second time, when it will be released by the action of the small coins deliv` ered the second-time, these small coins falling on the trip; as has been described. and

pressing it and the arm 56 downwardly. therel by raising the arm 54momentarily, to free the coins, the arm 54 then falling to a position where it will arrest the second coin introduced into the machine and hold it where it may be seen through the glass member 50, as has been described. When the person operating the machine removes his hand from the button T0 on the plunger 33, thc spring 39 on the plunger will press against the member 38, where it is secured to the'plunger, and will cause the plunger to be moved outwardly and, as the plunger 33 moves outwardly, the sleeve 40 on the member 38 en. gages the head 42 on the rod 41, by whichmeans the slide 14 will be drawn for 'ardly to a position where its opening 15 will register with the opening at the bottom of the coin cylinder 19.

It will be understood that my machine u may be made for changing coins of any-denomination, and it will also be understood that,4 if desired, merchandise in packages may be disposed in the cylinder 19, in which case the machine will be used to sell merchandise as a vending machine.

As the coin' chute 22.is-twisted as well as curved, when a coin smaller than that for which the coin chute is designed is introduced into the machine, the small coin travels down one side of the coin chute with one of its edges, unsupported by a. flange 30, raised higher than its supported edge, until it reaches the twist in the coin chute, which lowers the raised; unsupported ,edge oi' the coin and permits the coin to tall through the opening between the flanges.

Having thus described my invention, i claim as new and desire to secure. by Letters Patent 1. ln a change making machine a trame having an opening, a plunger disposed through the opening, a slide, a member having a head secured to the slide. a member having a sleeve secured to the plunger, the first-mentioned member being disposed in the sleeve so that its head may-abut against the sleeve to permit of the movement ot1 the slide in one direction by the plunger. and a spring on the plunger disposed between the frame and the second-mentioned member.

2. ln a change making machine a partition having-an opening therethrough. a coin cylinder open at the bottom disposed above the partition and out ot' alinement wit-h the opening therein. a slide having an opening therethrough disposed between the coin cylinder and the partition, a member having a head secured to the slide, means for operating the slide, and a member having a sleeve secured to the said means. the firstmentioned member being disposed in the sleeve, so lthat its head will 'Contact therewith.

3. ln a change making machine, a plimger,aslide,amember having a ,head secured to the slide, and n member having a. sleeve name to this speceation in the presence of secured to the plunger, the rst-mentloned two subserlblng wltnesses.

member b ,L-ng disposed n the sleeve so that s x v y its head x'fay abut against the sleeve to p'el- JOHN h L'ONRAD' mit of the movement of the slide in one qWitnesses: v direction by the plunger. F. J REANNON,

In testimony whereof I vhave signed my VICTOR L. WAGNER.

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